Holiday Roasted Vegetable Salad

Holiday Roasted Vegetable Salad By Linda Wagner

Recipe type: salad

Serves: 4

Ingredients:

• greens – I used baby spinach, arugula, and kale
• broccoli florets, steamed
• vegetables for roasting – I used 1 acorn squash and 2 sweet potatoes
• seeds from 1 pomegranate
• 1 avocado, sliced
• hemp seeds as garnish
• vinaigrette – I used my favorite homemade lemon vinaigrette recipe

Instructions:

1. For the roasted veggies I used 1 acorn squash and 2 sweet potatoes. Cut your acorn squash in half and remove the seeds. Cut into thick wedges and place in a ziplock bag with a drizzle of olive oil. Shake until completely coated. Kids love to do this part so have them help you shake the bag and then place the wedges onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Repeat with sweet potatoes cut into disks and roast in the oven at 400F until slightly browned (about 20-25 mins) flipping your veggies halfway through.
2. While the veggies are roasting, lightly steam your broccoli in salted water.
3. Assembly: For the base of this salad I used baby spinach, baby arugula, and kale. Use your hands to tear the kale into tiny pieces. Then add steamed broccoli, pomegranate seeds, avocado slices, and drizzle with your vinaigrette. Then place roasted veggies on top and sprinkle with hemp seeds. Viola! Your gorgeous holiday salad is ready to eat!! It’s friday so you should probably have it with some champs, TGIF!